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2016 Postmortem

mythology

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9. As I said in the last post about this poll

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 08:23 PM

Jan 2016

it helps to read the entire article, including the part where it mentions the poll numbers are within the margin of error because as math tells us, 3 is less than 4.

It was annoying when Sanders supporters were not understanding polling and it's annoying when Clinton supporters don't understand polling. The article even spells it out for you.

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Info for the math challenged... [View all] workinclasszero Jan 2016 OP

It is +/- 4% so it's a statistical tie Jarqui Jan 2016 #1

MOE eom MrChuck Jan 2016 #2

You might work on some math saltpoint Jan 2016 #3

Oh sure if it was Bernie ahead by 3% workinclasszero Jan 2016 #4

No SheenaR Jan 2016 #6

No fucking way. First of all, dear zero, I've said repeatedly cali Jan 2016 #16

Lol SheenaR Jan 2016 #5

Aww sour grapes workinclasszero Jan 2016 #7

Yes SheenaR Jan 2016 #11

55% ANTI-Hillary vote. basselope Jan 2016 #8

58% ANTI-Sanders vote. Metric System Jan 2016 #10

No such thing. basselope Jan 2016 #12

+85% of caucus goers committed to Hillary, 69% to Sanders BigGLiberal Jan 2016 #13

As I said in the last post about this poll mythology Jan 2016 #9

We're should use terminology that Bernie's fans can relate to: HILLARY IS SURGING!! NurseJackie Jan 2016 #14

HILLARY IS SURGING!! workinclasszero Jan 2016 #15